Board Figurative Paintings

Antique Victorian, Impressionist 19th century English oil, Fishings boat at Sea. Adolphus Knell was a superb painter of marine subjects during the middle of the 19th century. His w...

This is more than a cover illustration depicting the legendary Charlie Parker playing the saxophone. It's an inventive graphic design concept from trailblazing illustrator Robert Weaver. By showing the subject in two parts. The artwork's visual idea is as radical as Parker's music. A wide shot and a close-up butted together dynamically communicates an energetic motion and movement in a still image. Signed lower right. Record album cover illustration for Charlie Parker: Bird with Strings Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall and Birdland (Columbia Records, 1976). From Wikipedia: Robert Weaver (July 5, 1924 – September 4, 1994) was an American illustrator who was considered a pioneer of a contemporary approach to the field that began in the 1950s. Biography Beginning in 1952, he embarked on a mission to combine the visual ideas found in fine art with the responsibility of journalist. At the time, many practitioners of illustration were expected to paint and draw for advertising and magazine assignments with artwork that was conservative, idealized and saccharine, while other illustrators such as Ronald Searle, Arthur Szyk, George Grosz, Kathe Kollwitz and later Ralph Steadman and Tomi Ungerer injected their own opinion into the matter. Weaver joined this latter tradition by moving his role of an illustrator from a page decorator to a journalist. He ventured from the typical haven of an illustrator's studio into the world and used a pencil to observe, record facts, and draw real life based visual essays, the way that illustrators such as Burt Silverman and Franklin McMahon did. This approach would later be termed "visual journalism" and in 1983 would form the basis of a special masters degree, Illustration as Visual Essay, from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He died at his home in Manhattan on September 4, 1994.[1] Career and legacy In an article for the AIGA in 1990, noted graphic art historian Steve Heller categorized Weaver as a journalistic illustrator. Other artists included Bob Gill, Jack Beck, Robert Andrew Parker, Thomas B. Allen and Philip Hays. They received crucial assignments from a group of visionary art directors that included Cipe Pineles...

This captivating piece is available through Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. In "Side by Side", Richard Gower distills human connection into a minimalist yet emotionally ...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Signature: Signed Lower Left ‘Stevan Dohanos’ Medium: Mixed Media on Paperboard Laid Down on Masonite The present work was published as the cover illustration of the June 26th, 1954...

Stephanie Richards b. 1978 Seersucker Cloth, 2024 oil on board 21 x 26 cm 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in signed with initials My works are composed of small-scale paintings, mostly still life. I...

Medium: Acrylic on Illustration Board Signature: Unsigned

David Shingler's (NC based) "Moab Plateaus" is an oil painting that depicts the vast desert dotted with grasses leading to the towering plateaus of Moab...

Small-scale vibrant contemporary abstract composition with blue, gold, & pink by Aromas, California, Monterey Bay Area abstract expressionist artist Frank Thomas Romero...

This warm portrait looks like it could have been painted by Corot. Francis Luis Mora paints in that tradition. It's a small painting that invites the viewer to look closer. The art...

Industrial Mural Study, Veterans Memorial Building, Santa Barbara WPA American Joseph Edward Knowles (1907-1980) "Study for Industry Mural, Veterans Memorial Building, Santa Barbara, CA" 19 1/2 x 50 1/2 inches Oil on board, c. 1930s. Estate stamp verso Framed: 27 x 60 inches The completed mural is currently hanging on the wall, part of the building actually, at the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Barbara. A photo of the work insitu is included in the attached photos. BIO Joseph Edward Knowles was born in Kendall, Montana, on June 15, 1907. He grew up in San Diego, California. At age twenty, two years before the beginning of the Great Depression, he moved north to another town on the coast of California---Santa Barbara. There he began studying fine art at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts* (1927-1930), under the supervision of Frank Morley Fletcher, previously director of the Edinburgh College of Art. Fletcher, who was trained in portraiture, landscape painting, and woodblock* printing, was a great influence on young Knowles. It was there that Knowles learned the art of color woodblock printmaking, a medium in which he showed great skill. Not long after completing his studies with Fletcher, Knowles began teaching art. For a period of thirty years, from 1930 to1960, he taught at the Cate School in Carpinteria, California. In 1934-1935, Knowles traveled throughout Europe, further developing his artistic skills in England, France, and Italy. Upon his return, he continued to teach art at various schools and institutions: Cate School, Crane Country School, extension classes at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), and at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA). Knowles also served as an art education consultant for the County of Santa Barbara. In addition, he was founding co-director and president of the Santa Barbara Fine Arts Institute (1969-1972), which later developed a specialization in photography and became the Brooks Institute of Photography. Knowles died at his home in Santa Barbara on September 8, 1980. Much of Knowles' watercolor work is associated with what has been termed the "California School*," a loose grouping of artists throughout the state that included such figures as Millard Sheets, Phil Dike, Dong Kingman, George Post, and the Santa Barbara painters Dan Lutz and Standish Backus, Jr. The California School artists, including Knowles, were known for their fresh, direct, spontaneous style of watercolor painting. Knowles and other members of the school found inspiration in nature and the built environment alike, emphasizing elements of design in their exuberant, boldly stated, colorful scenes from everyday life. While painting in a representational* manner, Knowles generally avoided photographic realism, preferring subjective interpretation of his subjects. In this, as well as in his experimental approach and vigorous brushwork, he displayed a strongly modern sensibility. Knowles often used the wet-on-wet watercolor technique as he painted seascapes and landscapes, mostly along the California coast. He also employed dry-brush* techniques in many of his paintings, often leaving some of the white of the watercolor paper exposed. Some of the latter depict trees and other forms in a broken and airy manner that recalls Cezanne. Knowles' colored woodblock prints are more reserved and exact in their draftsmanship than his paintings. Spare, clean, lyrical lines are drawn to illustrate floral motifs and boat scenes with a touch of asymmetry conjuring Japanese woodblock prints. His murals from the post-World War II period are considerably more modern in their approach and show an emphasis on design and color. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS California Watercolor Society (1940 - 1955) Santa Barbara Art Association (Vice President - 1952) ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) - San Francisco, California San Diego Fine Arts Gallery (SDMA) - San Diego, California Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) - Santa Barbara, California Cowie Galleries - Los Angeles, California Gallery de Silva - Santa Barbara, California Bradley Galleries - Santa Barbara, California MURALS Westmont College - Ellen Porter Hall Mural - Santa Barbara, California Safeway Grocery (now Vons Grocery on West Victoria Street) - Exterior Tile Mosaic - Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara Bank & Trust - Interior Mosaic Panels, Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara Girls Club - Interior Mosaic Mural - Santa Barbara, California Ernest Righetti High School - Mosaic Mural - Santa Maria, California Shell Oil Company - Mosaic Panel - California Beckman Instruments, Corporate Headquarters - Mosaic - Fullerton, California STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, WALLS and PANELS Katherine Thayer Cate Memorial Chapel - Cate School, Carpinteria, California William S. Porter Memorial Chapel - Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California La Rinconada Building - Santa Barbara, California ILLUSTRATIONS "California's Wonderful Corner: True Stories for Children from the History of the Santa Barbara Region," by Walter A. Tompkins (1962 & 1975) China Designs: Two sets of dinnerware for Winfield China...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left

Ink, watercolour & acrylic on cardboard Saba Dolikashvili is a Georgian artist born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Ar...

Ink, watercolour & acrylic on cardboard Saba Dolikashvili is a Georgian artist born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Ar...

Artist: Eduard Matevosyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard Year: 2025 Style: Figurative art Title: Woman with Flowers Size: 17" ...

Ink and oil on cardboard Saba Dolikashvili is a Georgian artist born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 2025. His...

To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Angela Stones (1914 - 1995) Still Life with Fruit and Jug Oil on board 40 x 50 cm Signed lower left. A stylish mid-century still life, characterised by Stones' lively brushwork and rich use of colour. Stones was educated at the Chelsea School of Art, and was a member of an artistic dynasty. Her mother Dorothy Bradshaw (1893 - 1983) studied under Jack Merriott – the artist famous for his British Rail posters...

Woman Lying Down on White Cloth is an artwork realized by an Italian Artist in mid-20th Century. Oil on cardboard 24x34 cm. Good conditions.

Meryl Watts. English ( b.1910 – d.1992 ) Enigma. Oil On Board. Signed Lower Right. Image size 22.4 inches x 19.3 inches ( 57cm x 49cm ). Frame size 26.4 inches x 22.8 inches ( 67cm x 58cm ). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by Meryl Watts and dates from the mid-1960s. The painting is presented and supplied in its’ original hand painted frame (which is shown in these photographs). This vintage painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The painting was created whilst Watts resided at 1 Bron Avon, Borth-y-Gest, Porthmadog. (Today’s postcode would be LL49 9TU). The painting is signed lower right. Meryl Watts was born on the 5th April 1910, the only child of Charles and Evelin Watts. They lived in Germains Place, Blackheath and she was raised in east end of London where her father was a printer. She studied at the Blackheath Art School, where the Principal was John Edgar Platt, one of the major artists using the technique of color woodcut. She learned this technique from Platt and was influenced by his style, as shown in the attractive and colorful designs that she subsequently produced. Meryl began to work independently in 1937, producing her own work while still living in Blackheath. During World War II the family home and business were destroyed by German bombing and Meryl and her parents were given just a few hours to collect whatever valuables they could before their house was demolished to protect neighboroughing properties from further damage. As a consequence much of her early work was lost. Having left their home the family evacuated to Portmeirion in Wales, where they had frequently stayed on holiday before the war. They struck up a friendship with the Portmeirion architect and founder, Sir Clough William-Ellis. Portmeirion was founded in 1925 and took nearly fifty years to complete. It was a homage to Sir William-Ellis’ love of the Italian Riviera and incorporated the grounds of a twelfth century castle. The resort became extremely popular with tourists and was the backdrop for various TV programs and films, including The Prisoner. Meryl Watts became artist in residence at Portmeirion, and over the next few years she produced an abundance of artwork including sketches, oil paintings and watercolors of famous scenes from the Snowdonia coastal region and other traditional landmarks. This was a new and very successful chapter of her artistic career. From Portmeirion Meryl and her parents moved to a rented house in Borth-Y-Gest, Caernarvonshire, North Wales. In 1944 Meryl’s father purchased the house and Meryl began to work there, using the endless views in the area for her inspiration. After the death of her father in 1957 and her mother in 1969 Meryl lived alone in Borth-y-Gest until she married Professor Joseph Allen...

Suchitra Bhosle's "Blue Eyed Girl with Pearls" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a young woman. About the Artist: Suchitra Bhosle is an India-born ar...

Spring Garden" landscape in the style of Paul Cezanne. Impressionism" original oil painting by Volskya Lilya Magical iridescence of colors on canvas. For...

Framed without glass Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (1999-2004). Diploma with special recog...

Hearts Unreasoning, by Sarah Bernhardt The First of Six Romances of the French Stage - McCall’s Magazine December 1920 interior illustration. The work is related to Shinn's fam...

Frederick James Boston Brooklyn, New York Inscribed verso Oil on board 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches Though understudied today, Frederick James Boston was a well-known and respected teacher...

Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (1999-2004). Diploma with special recognition in painting in ...

Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 44x34. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of...

Dan Parry-Jones – Girls, Pool and Palms Mixed Media on Panel 38.5 x 38.5 in (98 x 98 cm) White custom frame included In “Girls, Pool and Palms,” British artist Dan Parry-Jones capt...

Take Me Dancing - An air of femininity is expressed in this series of four dress paintings on art board, evoking a classic sense of timeless glamour. Each piece holds its own unique ...

Oil on cardboard Lile Gasviani is a Georgian artist born in 2003 who lives and work in Tbilisi, Georgia. She has been passionate about painting since childhood and has organized sev...

R.Ellis English late 19th century landscape of a Watermill by a Stream Original frame oils on card Signed and dated on the reverse and lower right. Ellis was a landscape painte...

Oil on canvas realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1965. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childhood years in Rome, in the heart...

Oil pastel on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1975. Hand signed and dated. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 88x73.5. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on...

1960s oil on board painting of a Paris street scene by Nicola Ortis Poucette. The painting is signed bottom right. Presented in modern white gloss frame. A charming French mid century oil painting...

Sea. Oil on canvas, 60x65 cm,

Commissioned by Exxon for their 1965 "Great Moments in American History" calendar series, this illustration depicts the historic Transfer Ceremony at Sitka on October 18, 1867, marki...

Man with Dogs, 2023 acrylic on cardboard 119 H x 79 W cm The series of painted cardboards by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' about the minutes/seconds when we not...

"Silver and Blue" by David Craig Ellis Oil and acrylic paint on hardboard, framed Since the early 1990s, David Craig Ellis has been involved in the NYC do...

Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Illustration, American Litho. Co., 1904;

American Impressionist sketch of an American Yacht moored in a harbor ,CT or MA Charles Bertie Hall painted scenes all over England, Europe, and America in a traditional Impressioni...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Father and Son, Women's Day Magazine Cover, January 1945 The illustrations of Douglas Crockwell were often simply signed “Douglass” to avoid confusion with the signature of Norman Rockwell, particularly since their work was being published on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post during the same period. Necessary too, because Crockwell also worked very realistically, and like Rockwell, was particularly good with children. Their backgrounds, however, were entirely different. Crockwell was born in Chicago, Ohio, and took his degree in Science at Washington University, followed by study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He received his first commission for a cover for The Saturday Evening Post in 1933, and this was followed by many more, as well as work for other periodicals and a long list of national advertisers. During the ‘thirties, he also completed Post Office murals in Vermont, New York State and Mississippi, and began to work on experimental animated films. The films, and inventing a “pan-stereo” viewing...

Oil painting 20th Century American Impressionist scene, Sunrise on the water CT Charles Bertie Hall painted marine scenes, landscapes, and town scenes in both America, Uk, and Europ...

Signed Lower Left Probable Redbook Magazine interior illustration, circa 1950

Artist: Alexander Litvinov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Cardboard Style: Classic Figurative Year: 20...

In creating this piece, I embraced the delicate dance between realism and expressionism, aiming to convey deep emotion. The soft interplay of light and shadow across the figure's for...

Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1969. Hand signed. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 39x34. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of ...

Circus Backstage (At Play) (70) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 18.5 in. x 30 in. (46.99 cm x 76.2 cm)

Dave Seeley's "Fiona #1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model holding purple velvet fabric tightly around her form to reveal the curves of her figure. ...

Date: 1936 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 29.25" x 25.75" Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right

"Park Benches" is a 10 x 11 1/2 inches, oil on board impressionist street scene by American impressionist painter and member of the Women's Artists Group "The Philadelphia Ten", Nancy Maybin Ferguson...

Oil on wood panel painting of a Worcester, Massachusetts view by local resident artist Mabel Blake. Signed M. Blake lower left. Circa 1880. Condition is good. The bucolic scene depicts a man in a boat...

Night Life in the City - Figurative Cityscape Mid 1960s cityscape by an unknown artist. Oil on artists board. Image, 16"H x 20"W

Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on cardboard painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. BOŻENA LESIAK (born in 1952) Studied at the faculty of painting at the Acade...

This painting depicts a whimsical scene of a nude boy wearing an open shirt and sandals. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this painting so attractive and desi...

Paracentese de L'homme C Post-Minimalist Original Art Monumental Museum Piece by Peruvian artist Emilio Rodriquez-Larrain (Peruvian, 1928-2015). His work was featured at MOMA as part of their permanent collection and was exhibited as part of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection exhibit in 1969. The artists is significant and works of this quality are in the Metropolitan Museum, auction high is $25,000. Stunning post-minimalist earth toned abstract with organic forms titled "Paracentese de L'homme C" (Paracenthesis of the man C) by Peruvian artist Emilio Rodriquez-Larrain (Peruvian, 1928-2015), 1964. This was entered into the XXXII 1964 Venice Biennale, arguably one of the most prestigious art events. Signed on verso and entry label for XXXII 1964 Venice Biennale, and Staempfli Gallery label attached to verso. Condition: Very good: professionally cleaned, structurally sound with no issues beyond normal wear with age. Image size: 56.50"H x 55.50"W. Presented in rustic wood slat shadow box frame. Emilio Rodríguez Larraín was a Peruvian postwar and contemporary painter and sculptor who was born in 1928. He was trained at the Lima School of Engineers (currently the National University of Engineering) from 1945 to 1949. This is how he entered art and was able to learn tools and techniques that would help him in his future works. In the 1950s he ventured into painting under the influence of the French architect and abstract art painter Jean Dewasne, thus developing a painting style based on the abstract and the geometric until his trip to Europe where he migrated to the style of modernist informalism. and made paintings that alluded to the cultures of ancient Peru. His work demonstrates versatile artwork of horizontal geometric constructions, expressive paintings and architectural interventions categorized as post minimalism. Received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation award for his art. Fellow: Awarded 1976 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: Latin America & Caribbean His work was featured at MOMA as part of their permanent collection and was exhibited as part of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection exhibit in 1969. key galleries and museums, including the Revolver Galeria, Lima and the Galeria Lucia de la Puente. His work has also been exhibited in Lima, Madrid, Florence, Venice, Milan, Bergamo, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, Mexico City, and Paris. In 2016, the Lima Art Museum presented a retrospective exhibit of his paintings and sculptures, calling Rodriquez Larraine "An important avant-garde sculptor, architect and painter who knew how to adapt to the artistic changes of the time and play a very important role in the visual arts of Peru." The piece we offered the front over of Staempfli Gallery's exhibit of Rodriquez-Larrain work. The write-up of Rodriquez-Larrain's work by The New Yorker, November 3, 1962 states: "Talk story about Emilio Rodriguez-Larrain, a Peruvian painter, who currently has 46 paintings on display at the Staempfli Gallery. A photograph of Emilio, distributed by the gallery, showed a great resemblance to Zero Mostel. He doesn't look like Mostel at all. The picture was taken in Paris last May, when he had the mumps. He was born in Lima in 1928, the son of an industrialist. His father's family came to Peru in the 17th century. Mr. Staempfli met Emilio in Llansa, Spain, last summer. Gordon Washburn, the director of fine arts at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, who had shown him last year, told Staempfli to look up Emilio, because he knew a tailor in Llansa who would make you a corduroy suit...

Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Drifting Dreamer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a yellow and black butterfly drifting on a floating pink rose. This painting is unf...

Golfam Jozdani Saint Minecraft XXVI Mixed Media on Cardboard; Acrylic, Pencil, Colored Pencil Size: 9.44 x 14.17 inches (24 x 36 cm) Signed and dated by hand COA provided *Framing O...

Impasto Oil Painting of Abersoch Harbour Scene in Wales by 20th Century British Artist Charles Wyatt Warren (1908-1993) Art measures 21 x 9 inches Frame...

This beautiful view of a Florentine courtyard was painted by A. Marrani, an artist who, in the late 19th Century, painted many views of the Tuscan city. The cortile (‘courtyard’) sho...

Medium: Oil on Two Boards Dimensions: 17.75" x 13.50" (Each) Signature: Signed Lower Left Pygmalion story illustration, image of cast of characters on an English street.

MAGDALENA SPASOWICZ Studied painting under prof. Jan Cybis and graphic arts with prof. Tadeusz Kulisiewicz at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She received her diploma in 1953. He...